Rick Boucher, Author at Internet Innovation Alliance

Recent Contributions from Rick Boucher

Don’t Let Title II be the Enemy of the Good

The debate over net neutrality has raged for most of this century. But today there’s a good opportunity to settle it and to stop the regulatory ping-pong that has become a dreary spectacle.

April 16, 2019

The Private Sector Must Lead the Way to 5G

Op-eds

The private sector, not the government, must take the lead in the deployment of 5G technology, and the primary government role should be to continue selling 5G spectrum to the private sector at auction.

April 9, 2019

Dragons Lurk in the Details of Mapping the Digital Divide

Op-eds

Determining which rural areas in the country have broadband service poses a daunting challenge.

April 8, 2019

Lessons from Broadcast Spectrum Auction can Help Close the Homework Gap

Op-eds

Opportunities would arise from putting frequencies in the 2.5 GHz Educational Broadband Service spectrum band into an incentive auction. Not only could the government’s share of the proceeds be put toward closing the Homework Gap, but underutilized mid-band spectrum could fuel the deployment of 5G.

March 27, 2019

Congress Should Say No More Secrets with Privacy Practices

Op-eds

The misuse of information collected from internet users continues to be a critical problem. The time has come for Congress to create a national data privacy standard applicable to everyone in the internet ecosystem.

March 18, 2019

Privacy Can Bridge D.C’s Partisan Gap

Op-eds

While congress and the White House seem to be caught in the icy grip of gridlock over most federal policy, there is a growing view that privacy legislation could break through the logjam.

February 11, 2019

With Net Neutrality Milestone Reached, What Now?

Op-eds

Congress needs to pass a statute that protects the open internet and encourages innovation and investment — and end a protracted ping-pong match between Title I and Title II status for internet regulation.

December 11, 2018

Net Neutrality Debate

IIA Co-Chairman and former Congressman Rick Boucher discusses the need for a legislative compromise on net neutrality that involves contributions of the best ideas from both parties.

November 7, 2018

5G Can Help Save Lives

Op-eds

5G’s ability to handle massive amounts of data flowing from multiple points allows healthcare professionals to monitor patients and identify those at risk sooner and with greater accuracy than ever before.

October 31, 2018

Telemedicine Bridges Time and Space to Save Lives

Op-eds

Telemedicine allows healthcare professionals to evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients in remote locations using communications technology. And the advances in telemedicine will only grow as we move into a 5G world, benefitting healthcare around the globe and helping to close the urban-rural divide.

October 16, 2018

California’s Net Neutrality Adventure: Right Goal, Wrong Path

Op-eds

California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB 822 that adopts a state-level net neutrality requirement for broadband providers operating in California. However well-intentioned this effort may be, it is deeply legally flawed. It also contains substantive provisions that would serve as a major barrier to broadband investment.

October 1, 2018

FCC’s New Frontier: Time to Auction 2.5 GHz Spectrum to Close Homework Gap

Op-eds

The majority of today’s teachers routinely make homework assignments with the expectation that students will go online to complete the work. But students don’t have equal access to high-speed broadband. One straightforward way increase access to high-speed broadband is a spectrum auction to repurpose a currently-underutilized spectrum band and open up more wireless capacity for everyone, including for educational use.

September 24, 2018

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